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will see a continuation of foreign policy of extreme interventionism getting involved in every corner of the planet regardless of the consequences. when i return back to our top story this hour the aftermath of the deadly hostage siege in algeria carried out by islamist terrorists in retaliation for the french campaign in mali live to a former british ambassador to algeria graeme han. from london thank you for being with us with us ambassador several british civilians were among those killed during the gas plant takeover will go in continue do you think to support the french intervention in mali despite the threats of more attacks. so i think the united kingdom will continue to support the french intervention i imagine that the british government will also want to support our friends in algeria in any way that they might ask mr. david cameron has said that the fight against islamic terrorists in north africa could take decades can britain really afford to get involved like they did in afghanistan which i should mention of course started out with george bush saying that we would be in
will see a continuation of foreign policy of extreme interventionism getting involved in every corner of the planet regardless of the consequences. when i return back to our top story this hour the aftermath of the deadly hostage siege in algeria carried out by islamist terrorists in retaliation for the french campaign in mali live to a former british ambassador to algeria graeme han. from london thank you for being with us with us ambassador several british civilians were among those killed...
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looks set to continue with its aggressive foreign policy that's coming up for you later this hour. but first after two years of simmering and sometimes violent protests against corruption and enough to authorities jordan is finally getting a parliamentary election the king called the vote to appease those demanding change but is this the council of now reports that threatens to push the country further into crisis beneath the calm facade here in jordan is a simmering crisis the kingdom has remained relatively stable amid the wave of regimes falling in the arab spring wednesday's parliamentary elections are part of the reform efforts undertaken by the government in an attempt to quell popular dissatisfaction anathema. i'm optimistic that our political system has taken a big step forward if a parliament wants to enjoy respect the very first thing it needs is to be elected as a result of the fair election that's what our future parliament is going to be but a balanced parliament just something that is highly on likely to come out of this election is being boycotted by georgia's most p
looks set to continue with its aggressive foreign policy that's coming up for you later this hour. but first after two years of simmering and sometimes violent protests against corruption and enough to authorities jordan is finally getting a parliamentary election the king called the vote to appease those demanding change but is this the council of now reports that threatens to push the country further into crisis beneath the calm facade here in jordan is a simmering crisis the kingdom has...
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looks set to continue with its aggressive foreign policy that's coming up later this hour. and jordan prepares for its not part of the mentary election with the u.s. backed monarchy saying it's the beginning of reform the powerful muslim brotherhood boycott the vote saying it's a gimmick and change isn't happening fast enough. americans are being kept in the dark about how and why they're being followed by the nation's security agency a civil liberties group in the u.s. ask the f.b.i. to spell out what techniques it's using when it tracks citizens but is going to can explains the reply raised more questions than answers. everybody knows that the f.b.i. uses all sorts of tracking devices on cars cell phones and whatnot everything that can carry g.p.s. the american civil liberties union filed the request under the freedom of information act asking for the justice department to review the f.b.i.'s guidelines their internal memos as to how and under what circumstances they track people as of now there is no clear understanding among americans of when they will be subjected to t
looks set to continue with its aggressive foreign policy that's coming up later this hour. and jordan prepares for its not part of the mentary election with the u.s. backed monarchy saying it's the beginning of reform the powerful muslim brotherhood boycott the vote saying it's a gimmick and change isn't happening fast enough. americans are being kept in the dark about how and why they're being followed by the nation's security agency a civil liberties group in the u.s. ask the f.b.i. to spell...
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to discuss russia's foreign policy in two thousand and thirteen i'm joined by. he is the editor in chief of rushing global affairs marks about that he is a senior lecturer in research or international relations at moscow same university and dimitri bobbitt she is a political analyst with the voice of russia radio station all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want to go do you think two thousand and thirteen holds for russia's foreign policy and right now it's a very turbulent time as you can remain turbulent or yes it will remain turbulent maybe it will be even more turbulent than no fortunately the syrian cry.
to discuss russia's foreign policy in two thousand and thirteen i'm joined by. he is the editor in chief of rushing global affairs marks about that he is a senior lecturer in research or international relations at moscow same university and dimitri bobbitt she is a political analyst with the voice of russia radio station all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want to go do you think two thousand and thirteen holds for russia's foreign policy and right...
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policy said going on to say that well after hitler and auschwitz how could they be a major player so there is a difference there between how france views its place in the wider world how germany does based on well the two countries relative history so this meeting all smiles and handshakes however they are some deep underlying cracks in the relationship between europe's power couple. i spoke to mark thought he's a business professor and independent investment fund manager he told me he's never had any illusions about relations between paris and berlin. basically it's really some of the same have seen the trees i mean francis had a policy of basically keeping germany down for since louis the fourteenth and twentieth century so i mean if you put this in a fright wider framework it doesn't surprise that. frictions and also little fissures and of course the economic strength of germany and the current weakness of france doesn't make it any easier. was needs to do some show for his domestic audience and the same is true for merkel merkel has to say we're being strict in some ways because
policy said going on to say that well after hitler and auschwitz how could they be a major player so there is a difference there between how france views its place in the wider world how germany does based on well the two countries relative history so this meeting all smiles and handshakes however they are some deep underlying cracks in the relationship between europe's power couple. i spoke to mark thought he's a business professor and independent investment fund manager he told me he's never...
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will see a continuation of foreign policy of extreme interventionism getting involved in every corner of the planet regardless of the consequences. israel seems to be bringing up a generation of young patriots for money and government awards bonus high school teachers who succeeded in motivating students to do their army service for more on that head to our t. dot com. also on mind europe encased in snow as extremely low temperatures result in transport chaos and flight canceled across the continent. now for a look at more news making headlines around the world to packed commuter trains have collided head on during rush hour in the austrian capital vienna five people were severely injured and one person remains trapped in the wreckage firefighters had to haul passengers haul passengers license. they threw windows to safety the line remains closed with hundreds of people stranded on their way to work and the cause of the crash is yet is yet known. at least two insurgents have been killed in a gun battle with security forces in the afghan capital kabul close to the part of the main buil
will see a continuation of foreign policy of extreme interventionism getting involved in every corner of the planet regardless of the consequences. israel seems to be bringing up a generation of young patriots for money and government awards bonus high school teachers who succeeded in motivating students to do their army service for more on that head to our t. dot com. also on mind europe encased in snow as extremely low temperatures result in transport chaos and flight canceled across the...
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foreign policy is about what the president should be or will be doing and there's a general sense that of course the u.s. will be intervening where it can't that's the idea that's being perpetuated it's not even a matter of debate really president obama signs off on a kill list every week and sets up new drone bases overseas and somehow his foreign policies are not perceived as aggressive and do not steer a debate here at home there's also this phony argument that you hear every now and president obama is not half as aggressive as george w. bush would have been or mitt romney would have made and it seems there is a notion that as long as there are no u.s. boots on the ground as long as wars are fought either with a remote control or through proxies it's a success and it's not perceived as aggressive again president obama's hit and run style libya intervention was touted as a success then the u.s. invested a died and it became more difficult to brag about libya and ignored the mess that we get turned into so it very much seems like it's not about the president's actions it's about perce
foreign policy is about what the president should be or will be doing and there's a general sense that of course the u.s. will be intervening where it can't that's the idea that's being perpetuated it's not even a matter of debate really president obama signs off on a kill list every week and sets up new drone bases overseas and somehow his foreign policies are not perceived as aggressive and do not steer a debate here at home there's also this phony argument that you hear every now and...
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if that is the case what are we to expect that in terms of foreign policy changes less some more willingness to compromise with palestine. well since the government of israel hasn't done anything to move the peace process forward in the last four years we shouldn't expect any change the government will continue to hold to its position that there is no partner on the palestinian side that the leadership of mahmoud abbas is not a leadership which wants peace in the eyes of the israeli government and therefore the israeli government will attempt to keep the status quo in place which has been rather comfortable for israel we have had no real terrorism there's no uprising taking place in the palestinian territories the separation of the west bank and gaza has played into israel's interest and i think that the government of israel will seek to preserve the status quo for as long as possible the question is how long is it possible for that to continue. i want to talk a little bit more about jewish helmets one of the parties that is being predicted to win relatively big during an election like you s
if that is the case what are we to expect that in terms of foreign policy changes less some more willingness to compromise with palestine. well since the government of israel hasn't done anything to move the peace process forward in the last four years we shouldn't expect any change the government will continue to hold to its position that there is no partner on the palestinian side that the leadership of mahmoud abbas is not a leadership which wants peace in the eyes of the israeli government...
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will see a continuation of foreign policy of extreme interventionism getting involved in every corner of the planet regardless of the consequences. israel seems to be bringing up a generation of young patriots money of government award bonuses to high school teachers who succeeded in motivating students to do their army service more on that head to our t. dot com. also online europe incased and snow is extremely low temperatures result in transport chaos and flights canceled across the continent. syria's opposition coalition is struggling to form an interim government head of the group has flown to cateye are trying to secure promises a financial aid for in the rebel held areas and the opposition is mulling the idea of a government in exile with differences remaining over who should lead. the new executive this is serious foreign minister has called on office opponents to lay down arms and start a national dialogue with the opposition groups though rejected earlier calls for talks seeking more support from their western and arab backers instead of political analysts they are sad seen
will see a continuation of foreign policy of extreme interventionism getting involved in every corner of the planet regardless of the consequences. israel seems to be bringing up a generation of young patriots money of government award bonuses to high school teachers who succeeded in motivating students to do their army service more on that head to our t. dot com. also online europe incased and snow is extremely low temperatures result in transport chaos and flights canceled across the...
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shortly for you peter the balun his gas discuss the outlook for russia's foreign policy this year in cross talk. i. speak your language. programs and documentaries.
shortly for you peter the balun his gas discuss the outlook for russia's foreign policy this year in cross talk. i. speak your language. programs and documentaries.
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policy divisions the setting whether there's more lows and highs than in franco german relations now is artie's peter oliver. well it's certainly a meeting that's filled with pomp and circumstance but they as they celebrate the formalizing of the friendship between former foes what we are seeing though is that the hoping that the celebration can paper over some of the divisions between europe's power couple of course france and germany the two major economies and the well the two biggest voices in europe really when it comes to how to tackle the eurozone crisis all around wants to see more spending to promote growth where is. stuck to her guns saying it's only through austerity that any kind of problems in the eurozone can be perhaps fixed now there's also rising concern here in germany over the state of the french economy the german people and german finance is looking to thinking well we don't want to get caught up cold if you'll recall and he sneezes it was a expected that the french economy went into recession at the end of twenty twelve hours also when it comes to matters of def
policy divisions the setting whether there's more lows and highs than in franco german relations now is artie's peter oliver. well it's certainly a meeting that's filled with pomp and circumstance but they as they celebrate the formalizing of the friendship between former foes what we are seeing though is that the hoping that the celebration can paper over some of the divisions between europe's power couple of course france and germany the two major economies and the well the two biggest voices...
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policy directives in u.s. africa documents that's african central command directive and their purpose of african was to evict china's influence from the current event and if the british and the french are only offering in a twenty eight split to mali for their goal business i'm sure china would probably offer a better deal and give them infrastructure so this is about keeping china out of africa in the larger scope of what the people there in itself the people now they've been seeking self-determination for decades what role are they playing here because obviously there are lots of islamist extremists coming in from mali and not all of this is necessarily homegrown or is it all the two arcs now in some ways joining up with these extremists. well you know you only have to look at the last the late the late days of the overthrow of the cook off the regime in libya and the tourists were were effectively allied with moammar gadhafi regime there was a recognized gadhafi and perhaps gave safe haven to his son saif f
policy directives in u.s. africa documents that's african central command directive and their purpose of african was to evict china's influence from the current event and if the british and the french are only offering in a twenty eight split to mali for their goal business i'm sure china would probably offer a better deal and give them infrastructure so this is about keeping china out of africa in the larger scope of what the people there in itself the people now they've been seeking...
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issues not foreign policy and that's something that netanyahu is really new orders and the people if you have to change his ways or is there a chance of the military budget all those settlement projects could be could be affected. i think he probably has to do that otherwise that actually campaigned not on political issue of campaign on social issue and gender and that's why they won and the became the second largest party in israel and i think people as the world economy go into deeper and deeper into difficulty and the recession probably this is kind of a fact in the israeli economy. and government because he's neglected. the average person in israel and we saw how the poverty and the demonstration beginning to make a big push in israeli politics as you heard most israelis now think about their economic and economical livelihood more than a peace process or back in iran i think this is going to be the case and the probably their economy is going to be their issue it was as it was in the united states it's kind of missed you but i think nothing well the economy will come to bite him
issues not foreign policy and that's something that netanyahu is really new orders and the people if you have to change his ways or is there a chance of the military budget all those settlement projects could be could be affected. i think he probably has to do that otherwise that actually campaigned not on political issue of campaign on social issue and gender and that's why they won and the became the second largest party in israel and i think people as the world economy go into deeper and...
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policy said going on to say that well after hitler and auschwitz how could they be a major player so there is a difference there between how france views its place in the wider world and how germany based on well the two countries relative history so this meeting all smiles and handshakes however that there are some deep underlying cracks in the relationship between europe's power couple. well microsoft's a business professional independent investment fund manager joining me live on the line at the scotts the legacy of the prospects of the future relations between berlin and paris by their acts good to see you do you share the skepticism when it comes to franco german relations then what's your thoughts on it well it's been an on off thing for a decade aids but basically it's really some of the same thing have seen for certain trees i mean france has had a policy of basically keeping germany down for since louis the fourteenth and of course of the twentieth century you saw i mean if you put this in a fright wider framework it doesn't surprise that the. frictions and also little fissu
policy said going on to say that well after hitler and auschwitz how could they be a major player so there is a difference there between how france views its place in the wider world and how germany based on well the two countries relative history so this meeting all smiles and handshakes however that there are some deep underlying cracks in the relationship between europe's power couple. well microsoft's a business professional independent investment fund manager joining me live on the line at...
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policy there are are you hopeful signs all the nomination hate all my but given the extent to which the obama administration still seems to be a program of using drones. our has the various laws specifically the issue of being able to target and assassinate people sensibly around the world including the beer's americans i'm not sick or sanguine about the prospects or seeing us move forward toward the united states being a country which respects international we and also respects the liberties of our own people. israel will elect a new apartment on tuesday with prime minister benjamin netanyahu predicted to come out on top yet many israelis don't think his policies are radical enough for the one time netanyahu supporter reaping the rewards. reports now on why the israeli leader even has to fight against his former allies. he's the surprise success story of israel's election campaign one twin millionaire who says a palestinian state would be suicide for israel naftali bennett used to work for prime minister netanyahu but now he's working at taking supporters away from him like this ma
policy there are are you hopeful signs all the nomination hate all my but given the extent to which the obama administration still seems to be a program of using drones. our has the various laws specifically the issue of being able to target and assassinate people sensibly around the world including the beer's americans i'm not sick or sanguine about the prospects or seeing us move forward toward the united states being a country which respects international we and also respects the liberties...
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policy circles countries one of the united states the u.k. and france are now militarily active in the african theater what we're seeing is the world police here and what they're doing is protecting corporate interests in africa there's a british franco a gold mining industry in a country like mali and then he spoke to u.k. based political analysts downplays brant he says the french intervention is a result of failed western strategy in africa. but you see what happened since the execution of gadhafi and the destruction of libya is that the west armed and funded and quit these these death squads effectively in libya the flow of weapons and fighters. across the region which was again playing into. the program of the west to destabilize the region and they ended up in northern mali the hope was that after libya algeria would forward and this destabilization would spread to algeria and this hasn't happened the rebels have made their base in northern mali and now what we're seeing in recent weeks is that the insurgency is starting to spread south
policy circles countries one of the united states the u.k. and france are now militarily active in the african theater what we're seeing is the world police here and what they're doing is protecting corporate interests in africa there's a british franco a gold mining industry in a country like mali and then he spoke to u.k. based political analysts downplays brant he says the french intervention is a result of failed western strategy in africa. but you see what happened since the execution of...
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foreign policy so you need all of us present is to prevent the core he's expanding your region of. russia or china to iran to northern africa and the rest of africa that could leave the united states has been just. so according to him the u.s. is fearful of china's increasing economic presence in africa in the figures seem to back up that argument china has increased its investment in africa exponentially over the last decade and they are catching america up fast despite the u.s. investing over one hundred billion dollars over the last two years mali it can't be denied does have significant geo political importance britain's prime ministers warn the u.k. to prepare for bad news zero ten british citizens are admitted captivity you know during the crisis forced david cameron to propose a long awaited address on britain's status within the which he was due to deliver it was much anticipated friday details about that were from artists for. going hostage situation in algeria of course that was the reason for the postponement but of course we've seen some of the extracts coming out of th
foreign policy so you need all of us present is to prevent the core he's expanding your region of. russia or china to iran to northern africa and the rest of africa that could leave the united states has been just. so according to him the u.s. is fearful of china's increasing economic presence in africa in the figures seem to back up that argument china has increased its investment in africa exponentially over the last decade and they are catching america up fast despite the u.s. investing over...
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policy will point in the year ahead great program coming up that after this break. well to british. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy live. for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into a report.
policy will point in the year ahead great program coming up that after this break. well to british. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy live. for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into a report.
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ambassador there this is ministration had the head libya checked as a foreign policy success and what's happening in the region now of course looks anything but success we actually heard that in hillary clinton's testimony as she talked about the spread of extremism the spread of weapons in the region and a new opening in the war on terror benghazi did not happen in a vacuum the arab revolutions have scrambled power dynamics and shattered security forces across the region instability in mali has created an expanding safe haven for terrorists who look to extend their influence and plot further attacks of the kind we saw just last week in algeria she also talked about how the u.s. needs to help the governments in the we can to deal with their security to build institutions all of this in the context of this expanding war on terror so to anyone who expected a smaller u.s. footprint in the region that's probably not going to happen from what we heard today if anything one could expect a bigger u.s. footprint in the region. canada is considering extending its commitment to the french interve
ambassador there this is ministration had the head libya checked as a foreign policy success and what's happening in the region now of course looks anything but success we actually heard that in hillary clinton's testimony as she talked about the spread of extremism the spread of weapons in the region and a new opening in the war on terror benghazi did not happen in a vacuum the arab revolutions have scrambled power dynamics and shattered security forces across the region instability in mali...
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policy there are a few hopeful signs of the nomination haykel by but given the extent to which the obama administration still seems to be whether to program drones the hour it has the various laws specifically the issue of being able to target and assassinate people sensibly around the world including the fears americans are not sick or sanguine about the prospects or must move forward toward the united states being a country which basically respects international and also desires we respect the liberties of our own people. well still to come on the program support as israelis head to the polls on tuesday we'll look into why the country's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is losing many of his former votes. makes life complete. and happy family. or self-expression. it seems so true. it's a. mission . couldn't take free. free. free free. free. free. free books video for your media project free media r.t. dot com. and live from moscow this is our team lead to have you back with. israel will elect a new parliament on tuesday and prime minister benjamin netanyahu is predicted to come out on
policy there are a few hopeful signs of the nomination haykel by but given the extent to which the obama administration still seems to be whether to program drones the hour it has the various laws specifically the issue of being able to target and assassinate people sensibly around the world including the fears americans are not sick or sanguine about the prospects or must move forward toward the united states being a country which basically respects international and also desires we respect...
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policy what do you expect will be the key challenges for him in the next four years well i think what we're going to see in the next four years are those big pieces that he had sought to address in the first term that thwarted being reenergized and we hope see more success on that and i think in this respect that we have first an end to the war in afghanistan second action on climate change in which he invested a fair amount of personal prestige at towards the end of his first year and then after the republicans took over one house of congress and it became clear it wasn't going to move in the congress any time soon it seemed to move back to the back burner of the agenda i think third we're going to see a revival on the nuclear nonproliferation front and his quest for nuclear abolition is the most interesting thing on the national security agenda is that in his first term he had as his cabinet chief for the two key departments state and defense people who had been opposed to him in the second term he's going to have in senator kerry and former senator hagel at the state department and
policy what do you expect will be the key challenges for him in the next four years well i think what we're going to see in the next four years are those big pieces that he had sought to address in the first term that thwarted being reenergized and we hope see more success on that and i think in this respect that we have first an end to the war in afghanistan second action on climate change in which he invested a fair amount of personal prestige at towards the end of his first year and then...
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foreign policy there were some initial criticisms of the lobby and from some pro israel senators and that seems to subside it looks like he was doing it in whether that will be the beginning of a new policy where there's some light between u.s. policy and israeli policy israel's really undermining u.s. national security every day it violates the rights of palestinians puts in place new settlements threatens iran it undermines our national security in that region the world so they find a way to back away from this total support for israel that really allows them to abuse the rights of palestinians and their neighbor was sticking with the region lots of focus on the middle east washington continues actually to slap more sanctions on iran will obama be able to talk iranians into opening up to the west. well you know every time iran struck i'd open up to the rest was the u.s. has ignored them so it's not clear what the u.s. really wants we talk about opening up the rest we talk about you know trying to come to some kind of supply relationship with iran but in reality we never take the ol
foreign policy there were some initial criticisms of the lobby and from some pro israel senators and that seems to subside it looks like he was doing it in whether that will be the beginning of a new policy where there's some light between u.s. policy and israeli policy israel's really undermining u.s. national security every day it violates the rights of palestinians puts in place new settlements threatens iran it undermines our national security in that region the world so they find a way to...
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to discuss russia's foreign policy in two thousand and thirteen i'm joined by. he is the editor in chief of rushing global affairs he is a senior lecturer in research or international relations at moscow's same university and dimitri bobbitt she is a political analyst with the voice of russia radio station. that means you can jump in anytime you want you don't do you think two thousand and thirteen holds for russia's foreign policy right now it's a very turbulent time as you can remain turbulent or yes. maybe it will be even more terrible and no fortunately the syrian crisis continues and a year ago everybody predicted also to fall soon immediately now we. were told he has to go right ok i find it very interesting every time someone like hillary clinton says this person must go some most of the time all the time they will eventually. take much more time so for russian diplomacy was a very important. two thousand and twelve certainly will remain these year. so i think the very important and quite a troublesome area will be continuation of building up your asian u
to discuss russia's foreign policy in two thousand and thirteen i'm joined by. he is the editor in chief of rushing global affairs he is a senior lecturer in research or international relations at moscow's same university and dimitri bobbitt she is a political analyst with the voice of russia radio station. that means you can jump in anytime you want you don't do you think two thousand and thirteen holds for russia's foreign policy right now it's a very turbulent time as you can remain...
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policy moreover the new parliament can still be dismissed at any moment by a royal decree which has cost some jordanians to say that the new reforms are simply too little and too late now the opposition groups also claim that the new parliament is illegitimate because of the country's new election law which they say is tilted towards favoring candidates from rural tribal organizations that are largely seen as being supportive of the monarchy in fact of the one hundred fifty seats in the new parliament only twenty seven went to national candidates of which the muslim brotherhood is the strongest most powerful and most popular political party they will continue to dismiss the results as illegitimate and are likely to try to ferment more street protests to boycott continue their boycott of the new poll now at the end of the day jordan stability may not be dissolved by politics and may in fact depend on the economic situation jordan faces high levels of unemployment and has twenty two billion dollars of national debt now jordan's new parliament will have to push through even more biting
policy moreover the new parliament can still be dismissed at any moment by a royal decree which has cost some jordanians to say that the new reforms are simply too little and too late now the opposition groups also claim that the new parliament is illegitimate because of the country's new election law which they say is tilted towards favoring candidates from rural tribal organizations that are largely seen as being supportive of the monarchy in fact of the one hundred fifty seats in the new...
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you know a foreign policy of extreme interventionism getting involved in every corner of the planet regardless of the consequences it's just won't be the ground in beijing forces it'll be more or propping up dictatorships and bombing the countries now at home we've seen significant pushback from congress and with republicans maintaining a majority in the house of representatives how tough will it be for barack obama to push any of his policies forward in the coming term. not difficult especially on issues of national security i mean there's a broad bipartisan consensus on some of the most terrible. security issues that affect us on the domestic front i mean for example warrantless wiretapping this is a policy that was why it had lee criticized when the bush administration was in power and now the obama administration has you know uniformly embraced it even though the government has acknowledged that the secretive program has exceeded its legal limits violating americans force the fourth amendment constitutional rights the obama administration has aggressively refused to allow any checks and ba
you know a foreign policy of extreme interventionism getting involved in every corner of the planet regardless of the consequences it's just won't be the ground in beijing forces it'll be more or propping up dictatorships and bombing the countries now at home we've seen significant pushback from congress and with republicans maintaining a majority in the house of representatives how tough will it be for barack obama to push any of his policies forward in the coming term. not difficult...
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while president obama may have more control over foreign policy domestically there is a greater chance of his agenda getting bogged down in congress like gun control and the executive orders are useless and legislative proposals and i suspect will not pass in this country and i don't think it's in the offing and he were in the near future because we are a culture that is very deeply. in love with our guns in the last four years congress more than was attempted to sabotage the president on economic issues including reaching a last minute deal as the country teetered on the edge of fiscal cliff is huge when presidents who have trouble with congress like to do international things because they have to worry about congress much less the president's actions so far of all possibility that in the next four years he will be anymore. flexible on major foreign policy initiative as far as the mess they contend that many bad weather he's never ending battle with congress to allow him to make significant beyond conspiring speeches in washington and. now with obama given a second chance to change ja
while president obama may have more control over foreign policy domestically there is a greater chance of his agenda getting bogged down in congress like gun control and the executive orders are useless and legislative proposals and i suspect will not pass in this country and i don't think it's in the offing and he were in the near future because we are a culture that is very deeply. in love with our guns in the last four years congress more than was attempted to sabotage the president on...
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senate foreign policy adviser james just trust told us how a bomber has so far failed to step away from the controversial global strategies of the bush era. i don't think they're much better but they're not much worse either i think the main thing that characterized mr obama's first term was continuity with the bush legacy most notably for example in the intervention in libya i think the real question is is will there be a shift in his second term in line with what he said today for example will we back away from potential confrontation or in military involvement in syria will we back away from confrontation with iran and will we withdraw the missile deployment system on russia's western borders there are things that he can do to radically shift in his second term away from that bush legacy what a bomb his first four years showed he wasn't by failing to keep some of these pledges. questions if it's a trend that he's had to stay. it's generally thought that his second term six u.s. president on walks those handcuffs that kept them from doing great things in their first term because they
senate foreign policy adviser james just trust told us how a bomber has so far failed to step away from the controversial global strategies of the bush era. i don't think they're much better but they're not much worse either i think the main thing that characterized mr obama's first term was continuity with the bush legacy most notably for example in the intervention in libya i think the real question is is will there be a shift in his second term in line with what he said today for example...
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flexible on major foreign policy issue with as far as the mess they can manage that whether he's never ending battle with congress will allow him to have significance beyond inspiring speeches in washington and kind of take. what obama given a second chance to change james lark a former have america's libertarian party believes and how far it is futile. sure that we should give president obama credit for united states. i think we would have seen the united states coming out of our economic system where he should regard what president obama. stimulus and. when some ways efforts by the obama administration actually slow down the american with respect to the foreign policy there are are you hopeful signs over the nomination hate all by but given the extent to which the obama administration still seems to be wedded to program of using drones the hour has the various laws specifically the issue of being able to target and assassinate people centrally around the world including the fears americans are not to take more sanguine about the prospects or must move forward toward the united states
flexible on major foreign policy issue with as far as the mess they can manage that whether he's never ending battle with congress will allow him to have significance beyond inspiring speeches in washington and kind of take. what obama given a second chance to change james lark a former have america's libertarian party believes and how far it is futile. sure that we should give president obama credit for united states. i think we would have seen the united states coming out of our economic...
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welcome back to cross talk i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're talking about russia's foreign policy by gentlemen at the end of last year secretary of state hillary clinton warned about the resolve it is ation of russia and the post soviet space want to go through all three of you your reaction to that. hillary clinton was a. secretary of state recruited because of domestic political reasons it was actually a coalition of ministration and obama had to do it due to situation democratic party. and i must see she was very much disciplined secretary of state she basically fulfilled the policy formulated in the white house but now what i can see you know sharing on the fact that qaddafi was murdered when we came he died yeah that's that was actually the position of many in the states. probably along i think you are the most himself but but in the russian issue. the reset wasn't he were equally into this idea but she was off to work on that as obama wanted but no since she leaves office shit would say what she really believed and i was not at all surprised because the hillary clinton comes
welcome back to cross talk i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're talking about russia's foreign policy by gentlemen at the end of last year secretary of state hillary clinton warned about the resolve it is ation of russia and the post soviet space want to go through all three of you your reaction to that. hillary clinton was a. secretary of state recruited because of domestic political reasons it was actually a coalition of ministration and obama had to do it due to situation democratic party....
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will see a continuation of foreign policy of extreme interventionism getting involved in every corner of the planet. regardless of the consequences. now so we have for this hour alarms bells ringing for germany's chancellor merkel the party suffer as another regional voting downs gets stronger she'll win a third term in office. and running for your own life and later on we have the story of a half naked man who fell from a train in the middle of a frozen forest and managed to survive that's coming after a short break to stay with us. do we speak your language or not advance. the music programs and documentaries in spanish what matters to you breaking news a little turn it into angles kitten's stories. are you here. to enjoy it all teach spanish find out more visit i to allahabad all tito is calm. what mystery is hidden deep the nice. visitors the north welcome here. traps laid for intruders. and the supernatural cannot rise from nowhere. can a human be possessed by the underwater spirit. mistress of the cave on auntie. welcome back you're watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow w
will see a continuation of foreign policy of extreme interventionism getting involved in every corner of the planet. regardless of the consequences. now so we have for this hour alarms bells ringing for germany's chancellor merkel the party suffer as another regional voting downs gets stronger she'll win a third term in office. and running for your own life and later on we have the story of a half naked man who fell from a train in the middle of a frozen forest and managed to survive that's...
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foreign policy he said i think it's in the interest of the u.s. to get the hell out of the middle east. but wasn't i like it and man i could not agree with you more he went on to say this isn't my theory is the reason we're helping to try to overthrow the syrian regime is that we want to break the alliance between iran and syria the reason we want to break the alliance even though iran is no threat to us is because israel wants the regime to be overthrown . make sense i mean after all week syria means a week iran strong syria means a strong iran you can't really look at these countries as isolated when it comes to foreign policy we all know that and even goes on to say how the israel lobby has bribed a lot of policy makers in washington wow it really is refreshing to hear someone with firsthand knowledge say out loud that the allegiance this country has to israel is due writing and debilitating progress in the us and peace in the middle east so for telling it like it is for giving us that unvarnished truth that's so hard to find these days you sen
foreign policy he said i think it's in the interest of the u.s. to get the hell out of the middle east. but wasn't i like it and man i could not agree with you more he went on to say this isn't my theory is the reason we're helping to try to overthrow the syrian regime is that we want to break the alliance between iran and syria the reason we want to break the alliance even though iran is no threat to us is because israel wants the regime to be overthrown . make sense i mean after all week...
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policy and specifically the palestinian issue was hardly mentioned even by the labor party you find that surprising what does it tell us go ahead. and i did i did find it surprising i think if you if you look at benjamin netanyahu his first term there was one issue on the table most of the time and that was iran and whether iraq and whether israel was going to start a war with iran and bomb its nuclear facilities or whether it was going to convince the united states to do so that it's been issue number one all of the sudden all of a sudden we find that the election for the israelis was really about homegrown issues the economy reform of government the the wealth distribution in the country the affordability of housing all those issues that a half a million israelis were out on the mall over in the summer of two thousand and eleven so it's quite surprising ok i mean robert were you surprised by that because i mean again you know netanyahu is you know beating his chest about iran all the time even started doing it right after the election even though he had his nose bloodied quite bad
policy and specifically the palestinian issue was hardly mentioned even by the labor party you find that surprising what does it tell us go ahead. and i did i did find it surprising i think if you if you look at benjamin netanyahu his first term there was one issue on the table most of the time and that was iran and whether iraq and whether israel was going to start a war with iran and bomb its nuclear facilities or whether it was going to convince the united states to do so that it's been...